Why is Orfeo significant in the history of European music?
a. it is the first time instruments were used to accompany singing
b. it is Bach’s only opera
c. it was the first composition distributed to a mass market by the printing press
d. it is the first true example of European opera
e. it is the first composition based upon a mythological subject
ANSWER: d
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A) members of the royal families stood and applauded. B) the critics walked out. C) his use of a Goethe text angered the audience. D) Beethoven could not hear the applause following the performance.
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a) Leonard Bernstein b) Cab Calloway c) Cole Porter d) Aaron Copland
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